Skate.



No; 315,121. 'PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

I A. RUSSELL.

' SKATE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1905.

Witnesses. l n ventor UNITED STATES,

PATENT" orrron.

- THOMAS ALEXANDERRUSSELL, on TORONTO, CANADA, AssieNo To CANADA CYCLEAND MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANADA, ACORPORATIONOF CANADA.

To: all whom it may, concern 7 Be itknownthat I, THoMAs ALEXANDERRUSSELL, manufacturer, residing at thecity of Toronto, inthe, county ofYork, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Skates, of which. the following is aspecification. I V l,

My invention. relates to improvements in kates; and the obj ectof theinvention is to devise; a. skate to be attached to a boot or shoe-whichwill, be light,strong, and durable to receive the standards forming partof the blade which are pinned in position; in the recesses, the partsbeing otherwise arranged and constructed in detail as hereinaftermoreparticularly explained.

Figure 1 is a pers ective view of my' improved skate comp ete. Fig. 2 isa view showing the skate in the reverse position. Fig. 3 is a plan viewof the sole-plate. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the heel-plate.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in each figure.

. A is the blade of the skate, which is provided with a toe-standard Aand the intermediate sole-standard A the front heelstandard A and theback heel-standard A The toe-standard and back heel-standard are bothpreferably inclined inwardly, and the intermediate standards arepreferably arranged vertical.

B is the sole-plate, which is preferably made of aluminium alloy forlightness and strength. The plate B is provided with a central openingB, having a bounding rib or web B terminating at each end substantiallymidway of the lateral width of the opening in webs B and B, which areprovided with recessefi B and B to receive the standards A and It willbe noticed that the opening B is Specification of Letters Patent.Application filed-AprilZV, 1905- Serial No. 257,743.

Patented March 13, 1906.

substantially triangular, and necessarily the webs extend not onlylongitudinally but also laterally, so as to form a longitudinal andlateralbracing to the body ofthe plate.

A supplemental rib B- merges in the cen' tral rib B on each side anddiesaway in the plate, forming a laterally-extending brace inthe plateon each side of the standard A. I also provide a supplemental rib Bwhich merges in the rib B and dies away in theplate, forming asubstantially laterally-extending brace on each side of the standard AThe ends of the ribs B also extend laterally and merge in the ribs B andB, as hereinbefore described, and form necessarily laterally-extendingbraces in the plate.

0 is the heel-plate, which is formed witha central opening 0. Around thecentral opening 0, which is-substantially circular in form, is formedthe ribs 0", which terminate or merge in the center in the central ribsC and C, in which are formed the centralqrecesses C and C to receive thestandards A and A, respectively. The rib O forms a longtiudinal bracefor the plate and alsov a lat-v eral brace on each side of the centralribs C and C C and C are bracing-ribs which merge in the central ribs Cand O and die away in the plate C,'a rib C being located on each side ofthe standard A and a rib C on each side of the standard A as indicated.

The plate B is secured to the blade by means of the pin 2, which extendsthrough the rib B and standard A and the pin 3, which extends throughthe rib B and standard A and the heel-plate C is secured to the blade bymeans of the pin 4, which extends through the ribs C and standard A andthe pin 5, which extends through the ribs C and the standard A The pinsin all cases, however, are suitably riveted.

Suitable holes E are provided in the footplate and holes F in theheel-plate in order to fasten the skate onto the boot.

A skate constructed as I describe of alue minium alloy, with the ribbedor webbed under ortion, is light, strong, and durable, being racedlaterallyas well as longitudinally.

necessary to clean the blade, which may be made of nickel-steel, andconsequently but a I O0 The plates being of aluminium alloy, it is onlyminimum amount of labor is necessary in inforcing rib cleaning, asaluminium is not liable to corrode or rust. There is also no danger ofblood-poisoning in handling the plates.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a skate, the combination with theblade, of a foot-supporting plate provided with reinforcing-ribs on eachside of the blade so disposed as to form bracing-supports from theoutside edges of the plate to the blade and means for centrallyfastening the plate to the blade as specified.

2. The combination with the blade having the front and intermediatestandards or uprights, of a foot-plate smooth at the top and having acentral opening provided with a reextending longitudinally and laterallyon each side of the opening, a central rib in which the aforesaid ribmerges provided with recesses into which the standards fit, andsupplemental ribs located on each side of the same merging into thecentral rib and dying away in the plate as and for the purposespecified.

3. The combination with the blade, and the back and intermediatestandards or uprights, of a heel-plate smooth at the top and having acentral opening and provided with a reinforcing-rib extending around theopening on each side, central ribs in which the aforesaid rib mergesprovided with recesses into which the standards fit and supplementalribs located on each side of the same merging into the central ribs anddying awayin the plate as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination with the blade and standards, of a foot-plate havingcentral ribs provided with recesses in which the stand ards are securedand ribs extending laterally on each side of the central ribsand'merging into the aforesaid ribs and forming a bracingreinforcementfor the plate as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination with the blade and standards, of a foot-plate havingcentral ribs provided with recesses in which the standards are securedand ribs extending laterally and longitudinally on each side of thecentral rib and merging into the aforesaid ribs and forming abracing-reinforcement for the plate as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a skate, a foot-supporting late having central bottom ribsprovided with recesses in which the standards of the blade are secured,reinforcing-ribs merging into the aforesaid ribs and extending out fromboth sides thereof as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a skate, a foot-supporting plate having central bottom ribsprovided with recesses in which the standards of the blade are lEigidlysecured as and for the purpose speci- 8. In a skate, a foot-supportingplate having central bottom ribs provided with recesses in which thestandards of the blade are rigidly secured and the internal and frontand back reinforcing-ribs for the central rib and outside edge as andfor the purpose specified.

THOMAS ALEXANDER RUSSELL,

Witnesses B. Born, EDGAR SHEPPARD.

